Hindman Park 24-in and 18-in Sewer Rehabilitation

HINDMAN PARK 24-IN & 18-IN SEWER REHABILITATION
LARGE DIAMETER SEWER MAIN ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION
Sealed bids addressed to the Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission acting by and through Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, will be received in the front lobby at, Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, 11 Clearwater Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 until 10:00 am, on July 9, 2024 and then publicly opened and read aloud on a Microsoft Teams Meeting. The bids shall be for furnishing all labor and material and performing all Work required to construct Hindman Park 24-in and 18-in Sewer Rehabilitation Project.
Electronic bids may also be received by the Little Rock Water Reclamation Commission acting by and through Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, via submission to the following email addresses: contact@example.gov, contact@example.gov, and contact@example.gov until 10:00 am, on July 9, 2024 and then publicly opened and read aloud on a Microsoft Teams call for furnishing all labor and material and performing all Work required to construct the Hindman Park 24-in and 18-in Sewer Rehabilitation Project. Test emails may be sent for confirmation no later than 4:00 pm on July 8, 2024. An invitation for the Microsoft Teams meeting will be sent to those bidder representatives who attended the mandatory pre-bid meeting unless an alternate representative email address is provided.
If responding by email, the emailed bid shall be a pdf scan of the physical bid documents, to include bid bonds or certified/bank check for bid security. All other references throughout these documents regarding physical bid delivery are updated by this language. LRWRA would prefer one email of no more than 25 MB per bidder.
The project consists generally of rehabilitation of 24-inch and 18-inch gravity sewer mains by cured-in-place pipe lining (CIPPL), as well as associated manhole rehabilitation, together with incidental and ancillary work. Generally, the scope of work includes approximately 3,700 linear feet of 24-inch sanitary sewer pipe and 800 linear feet of 18-inch sanitary sewer pipe to be rehabilitated by CIPPL, respectively and approximately 31 manhole rehabilitations. Major requirements associated with this project are mobilization, bypass pumping, manhole rehabilitation, CIPPL rehabilitation, root removal and site restoration together with incidental and ancillary work.
A Pre-Bid Meeting will be hosted virtually on June 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM. Contractors need to be able to use Microsoft Teams for the pre-bid meeting. Link will be sent to bidder email addresses received by the end of the previous business day. One representative from each contractor present should state name and company information during the meeting. Please send the preferred email address for the Pre-Bid Meeting by email to contact@example.gov AND contact@example.gov no later than 5:00 PM Central Standard Time on June 25, 2024.
All times listed in this Advertisement for Bids are Central Standard Time.
Any contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for bids will be subject to the requirements of the Arkansas Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Programs and Federal Requirements as described in the contract documents.
Contractor’s Bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check upon a national or state bank in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the total maximum Bid Price, payable without recourse to the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority, or a Bid Bond in the same amount from a reliable surety company, as a guarantee that the Bidder will enter into a Contract and execute Performance and Payment Bonds within fifteen (15) days after Notice of Award of Contract. The Notice of Award of Contract shall be given by the Owner within sixty (60) days following the opening of Bids. All bids are subject to the conditions of Section 002113 Information for Bidders of the Contract Documents.
The successful Bidder must furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond upon the forms provided each in the amount of One Hundred (100) Percent of the Contract Price from an approved surety company holding a permit from the State of Arkansas to act as surety, or other surety or sureties acceptable to the Owner.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order 11246, as amended. The requirements for Bidders and Contractors under this order are explained in the specifications.
Bidders are cautioned that Bids for this Project are subject to compliance with Arkansas Law for construction of Public Works as found in Arkansas Code Annotated 22-9-101, etc. The Bidder shall thoroughly acquaint himself and comply with the provisions of these Acts.
Each Bidder must comply with the requirements, terms, and conditions of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, the Disadvantaged, Minority and Women Business Enterprise (DBE/MBE/WBE) requirements, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-76) including the "American Iron and Steel (AIS)" requirement, Labor Standards, Equal Employment Opportunity, and the “Prohibition on certain telecommunication and video surveillance services or equipment provisions” during the performance of this contract. The Bidder commits itself to the requirements for the participation contained herein and all other requirements, terms, and conditions of these bid conditions by submitting a properly signed Bid. Each requirement listed above for the RLF programs are in the Supplemental Conditions in the Contract Documents.
Attention is also called to the requirements of the DBE/MBE/WBE requirements of the contract documents. The Contractor is required to take the affirmative steps to assure that disadvantaged, minority, and woman business enterprises (DBE/MBE/WBE) are used when possible as sources of materials, supplies, equipment, construction activities, and professional services. The apparent low bidder will, as a condition of contract award, be required to document to the Owner and to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission that affirmative steps were taken in the preparation of bids to obtain DBE/MBE/WBE participation.
The right is reserved, as the interest of the Owner may require, to reject any or all Bids and to waive any informality in Bids received. Bidders must be licensed in compliance with Arkansas Contractor’s Licensing Law found in Arkansas Code 17-25-101, etc.
The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid Form, Bid Bond, Contractor’s Act of Assurance, Agreement, Performance Bond, Payment Bond, RLF Supplemental General Conditions, General Conditions, Wage Rates, Drawings, Specifications, and Addenda may not be examined at the LRWRA office or at the office of the design engineer. All documents shall be provided electronically. It is the responsibility of the bidder to obtain necessary software to view PDF files and to have adequate capability to download project documents from the internet via Microsoft SharePoint.
No physical copies of the plans or project manual shall be provided. All official bidding materials shall be hosted on Microsoft SharePoint. Bidders shall download electronic copies of the Contract Documents using a Share Point link which is available upon request. The Point of Contact for each plan holder shall be notified by email of addenda which shall be uploaded to the SharePoint site. In order to become a plan holder, bidders must email contact@example.gov AND contact@example.gov for access to the SharePoint site and to be considered as an official bidder.
All questions must be received in writing by email to contact@example.gov, contact@example.gov, and contact@example.gov in order to be considered for response. All questions pertaining to the project shall be addressed by addendum. Administrative or procedural questions may be answered individually by providing reference to the appropriate section of the project manual. All questions must be received no later than July 2, 2024 unless extended by addendum.
All parties to any contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for bids shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, political opinions or affiliation, military status, or other status protected by applicable law.